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David CreamerDaily Nebraskan
Nebraska's Stephanie Bolli goes up for a shot against Missouri last Saturday.
'Improved' Cyclone women
have depth, Wettig says
By Lori Griffin
Staff Reporter
Fresh from its first road-conference win in two
years, the Nebraska women's basketball team
will attempt to keep its two-game winning streak
alive when it plays Iowa State Saturday at 5:15
p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The women's game will follow the men's game,
which will be televised regionally.
They have shown that
they are definitely under
rated in the conference.'
Wettig
The Cornhuskers, 9-7 overall and 2-1 in con
ference play, lead the series 13-5. The two teams
split last year's games. The Cyclones won 81-74
in Ames, Iowa, and the Huskers defeated the
Cyclones by 10 in Lincoln.
Iowa State may have lost in Lincoln last year,
but Coach Pam Wettig said the team is improved.
Iowa State lost the game in the last three min
utes, Wettig said.
"We do not have the same depth as we did last
year," Wettig said. "We have much better depth."
The Cyclones are 12-4 overall and 1-2 in con
ference play. Although the Cyclones' conference
record may not seem very impressive, Wettig
said, the team is much better than its record
shows.
"We lost to K-State at the buzzer on a contro
versial situation and lost to Oklahoma by 23,"
Wettig said. "We beat Colorado at the buzzer
also. The buzzer seems to be the diversity of the
conference."
Nebraska coach Kelly Hill said "Iowa State is
one of the most-improved teams in the con
ference." "You have to give Iowa State a lot of credit
because they have improved quite a bit over last
year," Hill said. 'They are playing consistent and
smart and are probably one of the most under
rated teams in the conference."
One of the reasons for Iowa State's improve
ment is the play of junior transfer Stephanie
Smith. Smith, who transfered from St. Ambrose,
was recruited by Nebraska and is Iowa State's
leading scorer. She averages 18.3 points and 1 1.3
rebounds a game.
Iowa State has received some good production
out of their co-captains, Wettig said.
The Cyclones co-captains are 5-7 senior guard
Jane Lobenstein and 5-1 1 senior forward Monica
Missel. Lobenstein averages 9.7 points a game.
Missel averages 8.1.
"Nebraska should give us a great matchup,"
Wettig said. "They have shown that they are
definitely underrated in the conference. I think
that all of the teams in the conference are under
rated (compared to the ones on the West
Coast)."
Probable starters for the Cyclones include:
Missel, Smith, Lobenstein, Sandy Hafner and
Lisa Greiner or Etta Bums.
Probable starters for the Huskers include:
Angie Miller, Stephanie Bolli, Shelly Block,
Maurtice Ivy and Amy Stephens.
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Nebraska's Bernard Day goes up for a shot over Missouri's Mike Sandbothe
last Saturday.
Iowa coach says mistakes
could cost team the game
Probable Starters
Iowa State (12-5)
F-Jeff Grayer 6-5 So.
F-Ron Virgil 6-4 Sr.
C- Sam Hill 6-9 Jr.
G Gary Thompkins 6-3 So.
G-Jeff Hornacek 6-3 Sr.
Nebraska (11-5)
F - Bernard Day 6-5 Jr.
F-JohnMatzke 6-7 Sr.
C-DaveHoppen 6-11 Sr.
G Brian Carr 6-1 Jr.
G - Harvey Marshall 6-3 Sr.
Tip-off: 3:03 p.m. at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
By Mike Reilley
Staff Reporter
Not again.
Iowa State will be in Lincoln on Saturday to
meet the Nebraska men's basketball team, and
Cyclone coach Johnny Orr said he expects a
close game.
"The last three years we've had the same
caliber teams," Orr said in a telephone interview
from Ames, Iowa. "That usually makes for a close
one."
The teams' records back Orr's assessment.
The Cyclones are 12-5, Nebraska 11-5.
One difference: their conference marks. Iowa
State is tied for second place with Missouri, at
3-1. Nebraska, after nipping Oklahoma State on
Anthony Bailous' buzzer shot, is 1-2 in the Big
Eight Conference.
The Cyclones won their third Big Eight game
when they romped past Colorado, 90-62, Tuesday
night in Ames. Jeff Grayer, the Cyclones' leading
scorer, had 23 points against Colorado.
Orr said the final score didn't reflect either
team's play.
"We just caught Colorado at a good time," he
said. "They were coming off a couple of heart
breaking losses at home and they didn't play
well."
Iowa State's only conference loss was a 95-82
setback at Oklahoma last week. Orr said his
team played "tentatively" against the Sooners.
"We played pretty well though," Orr said. "We
made a run at them down the stretch. We had
four chances to cut their lead, but we couldn't
hit."
The Cyclones must do several things to beat
Nebraska, Orr said.
"We just can't make any mistakes against a
team like Nebraska," he said. "We have to go at
them offensively and defensively. They're well
coached and disciplined."
Another key, Orr said, will be to limit center
Dave Hoppen's scoring, but not try and stop him.
"You can't stop him," Orr said. "I've said since
his freshman year that he hasn't received the
notoriety that some of the other big men have. If
he got more television exposure, he would be the
premier center in America."
The Cyclones' 6-9 center, Sam Hill, will cover
Hoppen. Hill had 18 points in a 74-57 Cyclone
loss in Lincoln last year. Hoppen had 19 points in
that game.